Casket hardware



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Patented Oct. 18, 1938 UNITED STATES GASKET HARDWARE Raymond Larson,Chicago, Ill., assignor to Central Metallic Casket Co.,

ration of Illinois Chicago, Ill., a corpo- Application December 12,1936, Serial No. 115,553

2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to new and useful improvements incasket hardware and has particular reference to casket handles.

Among the objects of my invention is to pro- 5 vide casket handlesembodying novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofthe parts and members thereof including rigid and simplified structuralelements affording the production of such handles at a comparatively lreduced cost of manufacture and facilitating the assembly andinstallation thereof.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel construction inthe ornamental brackets of a casket handle which shall aiford adequate lstructural rigidity and each of which brackets shall include anoutwardly disposed integral portion adapted to constitute a supportingabutment arranged to receive and rigidly support an ornamental handlebar.

Another object of the invention resides in the construction `of a caskethandle embodying novel structural features in the ornamental bracketstherefor, which include a bar-supporting portion formed integrally withand disposed outwardly and downwardly from the base plate thereof; the

construction of such bar-supporting portion or extension being adaptedto receive means for securing the handle bar thereto and additionalmeans for rigidly securing the bracket to the casket Wall; said bracketsand bar-supporting portions being adapted to structurally resist theupward and outward movement of the handle bar during the carrying of thecasket.

The invention which is shown in preferred embodiment in the attacheddrawing, is described in the following speciiications and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a cas- ,40 ket showing acasket handle embodying my invention; Y

Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear View of one of the handle brackets showing anend portion of a handle bar attached thereto;

Fig. 3 is a vertical-section through a portion of a casket Wall showingan end view of the casket handle bar;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on line 4 4 `of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through one end of the handle bar takenon line 6-6 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a, diagrammatic illustration of a han- 55 dle 4supported on apair of supports on a single bracket; Fig. 7A is a yverticalcross-section taken on line 'IA-'IA of Fig. 7.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, themetallic casket I5, partly shown in Fig. l, has shown attached there- '5on a casket handle embodying features of my improved combination andstructural design and including a pair of brackets I6 having securedthereto a handle bar I8.

It may be stated that the invention is not liml0 ite'd to a handle o1'any particular-ornamental or artistic design since the construction orstructural features of the invention can readily be applied by thoseskilled in the art to handles of Various other artistic designs, nor doI wish to be L15 understood as limiting the invention to handles ofmetallic caskets as obviously the handles embodying my invention mayreadily be applied to caskets of Wood or other materials.

In the handle design shown in Figs. 1 to 6, in- 20 elusive, the bracketI6 consists of an elongated laterally extending shell I6A having anornate exterior face I 6B and a rear marginal planealigned narrow faceISC dening the general configuration of the shell and constituting aplane- 25 aligned base which is adapted to be attached to the surface ofa casket wall I5A by means of bolts I9 which extend through the endportions of the shell IGA, through the wall ISA and a reinforcing barI'I on the inner face of the Wall ISA. 30

In order to support the handle bar I8 the desired spaced distance fromthe side of the casket wall, the bracket I6 is formed with an outwardlydisposed integral extension ISD which is preferably of hollow formationand provided with 35 an opening IEE in its outer end adapted to'receivea securing bolt 20 extending through such hollow extension IBD, thecasket Wall I5A and reinforcing bar I l.

The outwardly disposed extension ISD is formed 40 with a downwardlydisposed integral end portion ,IGF to thereby constitute a supportingabutment for the handle bar I8 which is positioned to abut the rear faceof the end portion IBF and the lower face of a substantially lateralwall portion 45 IGG of the extension ISD. The specic design,construction or conguration of such extension IBD could be varied tocarry out its purpose or function which is primarily that of asupporting abutment adapted to support the handle bar I8 50 and toresist the tendency of any upward and outward movement of the handle barrelatively to the casket or its supporting bracket I6. Obviously, if thehandle bar I8 be of circular or other cross-section, the extension IBDcould be shaped to conform to a generally outwardly and downwardlycurved body having an inner side or face suitably curved to receive thebar I8 of circular or other cross-section and thus resist any generallyoutward or upward directional pull on the handle bar when the casket iscarried thereby. The particular cross-section shown in Fig. 4 ispreferably formed as shown to accommodate a bar of rectangular or squarecross-section, and in such design the depending end portion IGF issubstantially disposed relatively right-angularly to the generallyoutwardly projected extension ISD.

The outwardly extended portion IBD of the bracket is formed with adefining rear marginal narrow face IGH plane-aligned with and merginginto the marginal face |60. Upon tightening of the bolts I9 and 20 thebracket I6 will be securely fastened with its marginal face formationsI6C and IGH to the side of the casket Wall.

The particular design of handle lbar I8 shown for illustrative purposesconsists of a tubular shell I8A which is adapted to receive end caps orclosures I8B also of tubular shell form. A reinforcing plug 2| of woodis fitted into the closure IBB `to extend to the place of the support ofthe handle bar on the bracket I6 and the plug 2l is adapted to receivethe threaded end of the screw 22 which is projected through an openingin the depending extension IGF and through the shell portions |8A`andI8B to thus retain the handle bar I8 against displacement from thebracket by its own weight or any accidentally applied pressure in thenormal handling of the casket.

In the modication shown in Fig. '7 the bracket I6 is provided with apair of spaced integral extensions ISD adapted to support the handle barI8.

It will be noted that the designs and constructions presented hereinobviate the use of all fragile and costly hinges which are now commonlyemployed between the brackets and the handle bars of the usual caskethandles.

I claim:

1. A casket handle comprising a plurality of spaced unitary brackets; aremovably mounted handle bar secured to and connecting said brackets;each of said brackets comprising a plate portion having a front face andplane-aligned face formations on the rear face thereof adapted to engagethe wall of the casket, an extension formed integrally with said plateportion, said extension being disposed to extend forwardly anddownwardly of said front face and having a rearwardly extending wallportion in plane-alignment with said plate face formations, means forsecuring the plate portion to the casket wall, a bolt extending throughthe extension into secur ing engagement with the casket wall; saidhandle bar being mounted rearwardly of the downwardly extending portionsof said extensions and below the forwardly extending portions thereof;and means for securing the handle bar to each of said bracketextensions.

2. A casket handle comprising a plurality of spaced unitary brackets; aremovably mounted handle bar secured to and connecting said brackets;each of said brackets comprising a plate portion having a front face andplane-aligned face formations on the rear face thereof adapted to engagethe wall of the casket, an extension formed integrally with said plateportion, said extension being disposed to extend forwardly anddownwardly of said front face and having a rearwardly extending wallportion in plane-alignment with said plate face formations, means forsecuring the plate portion to the casket wall, said handle bar beingmounted rearwardly of the downwardly extending portions of saidextensions and below the forwardly extending portions thereof; and meansfor securing the handle bar to each of said bracket extensions.

` RAYMOND LARSON.

